Interventions in Banco de España
Madrid
1986-2025
The Bank of Spain in Madrid’s Plaza de Cibeles, built in 1884, seems unchanged over time but is continually being renovated with interventions ranging from restorations that maintains its architecture to others that modify its interiors to highlight hidden and forgotten spaces to adapt them for new uses. Paredes Pedrosa’s diverse works since 1986 are continuing now with the new intervention of the Salón de Cobradores in 2025, which discovers a striking interior.
· 1986 – Exhibition hall in Chaflán de Cibeles
· 2014 – Elevator core
· 2015 – Madrazo’s Gate
· 2015 – General Archives
· 2016 – Madrazo’s Hall
· 2019 – Skylight
· 2025 – Collectors’ room
Built | Commission | 6.478 sqm
Banco de España
Calle Alcalá 48. Madrid
Spain
Awards:
Basement Reform in Bank of Spain.
Bienal Española de Arquitectura y Urbanismo Award 2018, XIV BEAU.
COAM Award 2018.
Veteco Asefave Award 2018.
Mention Luces de Arquitectura Award 2018.
Architects: Ángela García de Paredes. Ignacio G. Pedrosa
Client: Banco de España
Management: Unidad de Obras e Instalaciones
Collaborators: Clemens Eichner (project and constrution), Lucía Guadalajara, Álvaro Rábano, Pascal Germann, Guiomar Martín, Roberto Lebrero
Consultants: JG Asociados, Ingenialia (Instalaciones). GOGAITE S.L. (Estructuras)
Technical control: José Bartolomé Tato. Luis Calvo. Javier Reñones
Contractors: ORTIZ Construcciones y Proyectos S.A., COPISA Constructora Pirenaica S.A., Yañez – CEINSA, FCC Construcción S.A., Dragados y Construcciones S.A.
Photographs: Candida Höfer. Luis Asín. Joaquín Cortés. Fernando Alda.
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